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Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
very sensitive diagnostic ... regarding the cause ... afferent pathway injury ... #Neurology #Clinical ... #Video #Pupils
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
liver or renal injury ... tests before beginning ... - Compartment syndrome ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury ... #typeb #classification
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... include a: • Neurologic ... cause unknown) ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Noise trauma ○ MS
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... reabsorption) Workup ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... only if no clear cause
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... quantify renal injury ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... Goodpasture's cause
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... (25%) TEST FOR: ... WORK UP: obtain ... #msk #clinical ... #video #nsfw
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
• Infectious: Direct ... Presentation: Injury ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... #management #neurology
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Acidosis B. ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... High #Potassium #Classification